Sales Tips

A guest blog by Diego Pineda, Senior Content Creator at CloudTask Have you noticed how Facebook “bribes” business pages owners to respond quickly to messages? They offer you a "Very Responsive to Messages badge” that will automatically appear on your Page if you have a response rate of 90% or more and response time of 15 minutes or less. Why do they do this? In their own words: “People appreciate when a business is available and responsive to their questions and product inquiries. The Very Responsive Badge indicates to anyone who comes to your Page that you have an established…

Being a sales representative is an exciting career especially if you enjoy going to new places and meeting new people. However, being on the road so much potentially exposes you to many unhealthy habits that can be detrimental not only your work performance but your wellbeing. It takes discipline and mindfulness to avoid falling into an unhealthy lifestyle on the road. Here are 6 ways to protect yourself when faced with unhealthy foods and potential illness. 1. Commit to a Healthy Lifestyle Being on the road can lead to late nights and early mornings with not enough sleep. Sleep deprivation…

60% of the time the average person spends online is on their mobile device. Mobile devices have changed how we live our lives, how we interact with one another, and how we generally act and behave as a society. It’s not a secret that every aspect of our lives has been changed by mobile. Savvy business owners have caught onto this. Since everyone is dependent on their mobile devices for many of their day to day tasks, businesses are taking advantage of this demand and are proactively taking steps toward advertising their product or services directly to those devices. As…

When it comes down to selling, having empathy is one of the most important skills to have if you want to increase sales and build better relationships with your customers. Developing empathy in sales will give you a better understanding of your customers’ needs, their motivations behind using your products and services, and the way they want to be treated by you and your company. This is a surefire way to improve your business relationships and provide your customers with top-quality service.  As a result, you will be able to put yourself in your customers’ shoes and treat their problems…